Disinfectant-holder.



F. W. GARMELIGH.

DISINFECTANT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJune 17,1913.

Application filed: August 14, 1912. Serial No. 715,107.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, F RANK lVALrER CAR-MELICH], a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Mobile, in the county of ltt'llobil e and State of Alabama,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisinfect-amt-Holders; and I do declare the fol lowing to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to water closets, and more especially todisinfectant apparatus used therein; and the object of the same to thesection line of Fig. 1, taken on the line 22 thereof; Fig. 3 is a planview showing the holder in the act of beingput into position through theopening in the wooden cover; Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the holderalone, showing one of the hooks in dotted lines as turned down; and Fig.5 is a lan view of the metal strip from which the ody of this holder ismade.

Referring to the drawings, the letter B designates the ordinary watercloset bowl having a rim R beneath which are outlets O for the water bymeans of which the bowl is flushed each time itis used, and the presentinvention is a metallic holder capable of being condensed into smallspace for purposes of storage and transfer, and sold to the consumer sothat he can put it into the I bowl of his own closet and charge it withdisinfectants such as moth balls and the like.

Coming now more particularly to the details of the present invention,the body of the holder is made from a strip 1- of sheet metal out alongone edge in slits 2 so as to produce a number of individual tongues 3which are bent upward to a little more than a right angle as shown,thereb producing a channel along the outside 0 said strip; and theendmost tongues 4 are bent up to a greater degree or a more acute angleso as to close the extremities of this channel. The

entire strip is then bent into substantially horse shoe shape as shown,and it is the intention that the bendof this horse shoe shall stand atthe front of the bowl and the open part thereof toward: the rear so thatthe channel containing the moth balls M or similar disinfectant willunderlie the rim R of the bowl and thus permit the water passing out theoutlets O to moisten the balls each time the bowl is flushed.

The means for supporting this holder within the bowl comprises aplurality of pliable metal hooks 5 each of which is riveted as at 6 tothe upright or unsllitted portioi-i of the strip 1 so that it may beturned. down alogside the same as indicated in Fig. 4'

for purposes of storage or transfer, or. may

be turned upwardand its bill passed over the rim R oil the bowl: B.Thesehooks be ing of sheet metal and quite thin, will not interfere withthe use of the bowl, especially as the wooden rim W overlies the rim Rof the porcelain bowl in the usual construction.

In putting the device into place, the consumer turns the hooks upwardaround their rivets, then draws the ends of the horseshoe shaped devicetoward each'other so as to reduce its external size, inserts it into themouth of the bowl and permits its ends to spring apart; and the bills ofthe hooks are passed outward over the rim It to hold the parts inposition. Meanwhile, however, while the device was being inserted it waspushed to the rear to some extent so that the channel at the front wasexposed, and into this exposed portion the operator placed a number ofmoth balls M or similar disinfectants, which of course ran around withinthe channel and could not escape therefrom because the endmost tongues 4are bent upward as described above. Thedisinfectant holder is then drawnforward into position where it is entirely out of sight save for thebills of the hooks, and as these pass over the rim of the porcelain bowland are covered by the wooden rim W, even they are invisible. The watercloset is used in the ordinary manner, and as soon as it is flushed thewater running out the outlet holes moistens the moth balls M and partlydissolves them, and that nation which is washed ofl falls into the bowlso that the latter is cleansed. Meanwhile and at all times the mothballs give off their odor so as to neutralize the poisonous gases orodors arising from the closet.

The metal from which this device is made may be almost any which mayserve the purpose if the holder is not intended for long use; but if itis to be a permanent affair I would prefer to make the device of zinc orof other suitable metal properly treated to prevent corrosion. While Ihave spoken of-moth balls throughout this specification, I of courseintend to cover any suitable disinfectant which comes in granular form.

What is claimed as new is:

1. The herein described disinfectant holder for water closet bowls andthe like, comprising a channeled member horse-shoe shaped in plan viewunderlying the front and the two sides oi the rim of the bowl and havingthe rear extremities of its channel closed, and supports rising fromsaid member and adapted to pass over .the rim for suspending' thechanneled member in position.

2. The herein described disinfectant holder for water closet bowls andthe like, comprising a sheet metal strip bent into horse-shoe shape andslitted transversely along one side so as to produce a series oftongues, the latter being upbent to form a channel surrounding themember and the endmosttongues being upbent to a greater degree to closethe ends of the channel; combined with means for suspending said memberbeneath the rim of the bowl as described.

3. The herein described'disinfectant holder for water closet bowls andthe like comprising a sheet metal strip bent into horse-shoe shape andslitted transversely along one side so as to produce a series oftongues, the lat; L 1

ter being upbent to form a channel surrounding the member; combined withmeans for suspending said member beneath the rim of the bowl, asdescribed.

4. The herein described disinfectant holder for Water closet bowls andthe like, the same comprising a channeled member of horseshoe shape inplan View, means for closing the extremities of the channel therein, andsuppdrts for said member consisting each of a pliable hook whose shankis pivoted to the inner wall of said channel so that it may be turneddown into the same or stood upright, and whose bill is adapted when thehook is stood upright to be passed over the rim of the bowl.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK WALTER CARMELICH.

I Witnesses JACK F. Ross, AnoLrH B. FERR/ILL.

